3/30- WBS Penguins 3 Connecticut 0

3/30- WBS Penguins 3 Connecticut 0

<br>Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender Scott Munroe made 32 saves as the Penguins clinched a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs with a 3-0 win over the Connecticut Whale on Friday at Webster Bank Arena.&nbsp;

HARTFORD, Conn. -
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender Scott Munroe made 32 saves as the Penguins
clinched a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs with a 3-0 win over the Connecticut
Whale on Friday at Webster Bank Arena.

The Penguins jumped all over the
home team in the first period, scoring three times in a span of 2:12.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton initially
broke through on the power play at 6:49 when Colin McDonald faked a shot and
found Jason Williams with a back-door pass for this 12th goal of the
season.

Ben Street then made it 2-0 for
the Penguins 34 seconds later as he spun around a defender and beat Whale
goaltender Chad Johnson with a wrist shot for his team-leading 26th
marker of the year.

Cody Wild then chased Johnson at
9:01 of the first with his first goal of the season and put
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ahead, 3-0. Johnson would exit the match having made 10
saves on 13 shots, while Cameron Talbot came off the bench in relief for
Connecticut.

Talbot would not allow the
Penguins to score again, stopping all 18 shots he faced in 50:59 of playing
time. Munroe, however, kept the Whale off the scoreboard for the entirety of
regulation to gather his fourth shutout of the season.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton heads to the
postseason for the 10th consecutive season, the longest current
active streak in the American Hockey League.

The
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins visit the Albany Devils on Saturday, March 31 at
7:00 PM. For more information, call the Penguins at (570) 208-PENS or visit
www.wbspenguins.com.